Personal Finance Bulletin posted on the apparent explosion in eBook Piracy. It seems that Kindle Books, Nookbooks and iPad books are turning up on torrent sites in FREE bundles. eBook Pirates cannot be stopped by outrage; but, honest eReaders can be encouraged away from the black market by lowering the price of eBooks, removing the …
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Feb 20
eBook Piracy continues to flourish.
David Carnoy at CNET Reviews offers an interesting take on eBook Piracy and gives his reaction to finding his own book in the stolen bundle.
Feb 17
Apple Continues to Tighten the Leash.
Jorgen dropped off a link to a post at eBookMagazine that discusses moves Apple is making to control content for iPad and iPhone. Recent updates to Apple’s Apps has put relationships with online eBook retailers like Amazon and Sony in jeopardy. Now they’re going after ‘jail breakers,’ IT savvy users who modify Apple operating systems …
Feb 16
Kindle eBook Reader Updated
ReviewsofElectronics posted on Amazon’s update of the Kindle eBook Reader software. One of the biggest complaints was the difficulty students were having navigating eTexts via the reflowable text available in Kindles and other eBook Readers. It seems the page numbers changed all the time, making Kindle books difficult to use as reference material. More about …
Feb 15
The eBook Revolution in the UK
InternetRetailing has a post outlining the eBook Revolution’s impact in Britain. Looks like things are progressing in the same explosive way they are happening in North America. Mainstream adoption is underway!
Feb 13
Borders prepares for the worst.
GoodeReader reports on developments over at US bricks and mortar book giant Borders. Rumor has it that they’re preparing to file for bankruptcy. Anyone who watched the general economic meltdown over the last couple of years knows that ‘bankrupt’ rarely means ‘the end’ for large corporations. It will be interesting to see whether a new …
Feb 12
Saturday eBook Revolution Reading
PRWeb has an update from BooksForNooks.com announcing the successful launch of their BooksForMyKindle site. (All to take advantage of the devices’ eBook lending features.) BusinessInsider asks 10 HUGE Questions about the Apple iPad 2. PCWorld provides some insight into the pitfalls of buying eBooks in the early days of the eBook Revolution. (The Growing Pains …
Feb 08
Apple App story continued…
We mentioned a change to Apple Apps that apparently signaled either the end to Kindle for iPad, or a much diminished profit for Amazon. AppleInsider has Apple’s response to these charges. Apparently, they have made changes to their App policy that got Sony’s Reader App rejected (to start the whole story), but are insisting on …
Feb 07
New Apple iPad Apps Eat Third Party Profits
PCWorld reports on Apple’s recent changes to its Apps policy that saw the rejection of the Sony Reader App, and now might imperil Amazon’s Kindle presence on the iPad. The changes will only allow eReader Apps that support in-App purchases that amount to 30% of the cover price going to Apple. Since the agency model …
Feb 05
More eBook Revolution News
BBC offers a news story and video that give five arguments for and against libraries in a digital age. ABC.net.au talks relevance and adaptation for comic books in an interview with David Steinberger – CEO of digital comic site, comiXology. CultofMac posts on iPad’s impact in Japan where space is a premium so tablets and …
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